I work at McDonald's. AMA.

Canada has lobster burgers, Hong Kong has spiral pasta with chicken on top, Australian mcdonalds serve their food on wooden boards instead of trays.

Do you think British Mcdonalds can improve in anything?

Can they improve? Yes.
Will they? I very much doubt it.

They seem to recycle promotions quite a lot.
The Big Tasty is one, for example.

Fair enough, customers enjoy it so as a business if customers like it and it's bringing in money, it wouldn't make sense to not bring it back.

Every 6 weeks the promotion changes. I give it to them that they are trying to gain customer retention through varying their menus, but I never feel as though it's actually anything really out of the ordinary or anything that's particularly memorable.

As I've mentioned before, the location of the McDonald's will affect the products served and the presentation, influenced by local cuisine or culture etc, but because of that, I don't think you'll see the UK doing much like that.

Do they fry the chips in the same oil as the chicken?

What are you doing with your money? Saving for uni?

Can't sorry ;( We aren't even allowed discounts on all of our products.
We get a discount card which entitles us to discounts on meals.

If you have a friend that works in McDonald's then they are allowed to provide themselves and one other person with them a discount Don't have to work there to get the discount.

If we want to buy separate items that aren't part of a meal (McFlurry, Cheeseburger etc) there is no discount for that.

this is actually really interesting to read. Mcdonalds is such a global business so it's cool to have someone on here talking about it.

finally, as an insider, is there anything you would recommend me NOT getting. for whatever reason? i was always wary of the fish in the filet o' fish but anything else?

When I worked at McDonald's, I gave away free food to my friends all the time. It was gr8

All the time

On our breaks we get a free meal (not allowed everything on the menu, only certain items).

Even if I'm not hungry, I'll still take a meal and have it just for the sake that it's free.

That's gross misconduct. I'm sure it was great for your friends, but if you get caught...

I'm not gonna play the innocent employee here though ; )
You can take a guess why.

Crazy. Never ending queues. Always having to look out for the 'mystery shopper' that assesses us on quality, service, friendliness etc, having to juggle around 4 or 5 orders at a time, co-ordinate crew members and communicate as well as keep on top of shift targets/objectives. It's just constant.

Don't think I'm allowed to disclose figures, but during busy periods( mainly peak hours ), especially on Saturday's we can easily take in 4 digits per hour.

Always. When I look at a Big Mac, I just gotta let myself go. It's like a sprinkler system down there. It's not that consistency for no reason.

I feel like McDonald's get's a lot of negative publicity or whenever anyone hears the word, it just springs negative connotations to mind.

It would be nice to eradicate any bad myths or queries people have about it, so I'm more than happy to answer any questions you guys have.

I will do my best to elaborate as much as I can and be as honest as I can

Background: I've been working there for 2 years and I'm currently an Area Leader/Floor Manager.